Veteran actor and dance master Saagiraju Rajamraju aka Mukku Raju breathed his last on Thursday, 31st July, 2014 at his residence in Hyderabad due to ill-health. He is survived by two daughters and a son. He made his film debut as a choreographer with 'Mohini Bhasmasura' dance drama in 'Mayabazar' movie in the year, 1957. Later, he stepped into the shoes as an actor. He acted around 600 films and choreographed for 200 films.
Mukku Raju was one of the regular artists seen in R Narayana Muthy's movies. Mukku Raju choreographed the dances for Megastar Chiranjeevi's debut film 'Pranam Khareedu' and many more movies of Chiranjeevi's beginning days such as 'Punadi Rallu', 'Manavoori Pandavulu' etc. Cinejosh is deeply saddened by the demise of Mukkuraju and pays condolences to him.